Final Post

Hi and welcome to my as media blog. Bellow you will be able to find the process of my music magazine, my planning and the evaluation questions I have answered. I hope you enjoy scrolling through and reading what is put and that it is easy to read and find the things you need to find.

Thanks, Victoria.

Evaluation Question Seven

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Front Cover:

Looking back at the original front cover to the one I have created now you can see the difference and the growth within the Photoshop skills then and now. The images differ in the sense that the original magazine photoshoot was not planned or thought out, the background is messy and makes the text hard to read due to the dark background and text on top. Not many colours were used in the preliminary task it was just the simple orange and black.

In the music magazine I have used various fonts from the basic Photoshop fonts available and from the website "DaFonts.com" I felt like with different types of font it will improve the magazine and help with the target audience. 

The layout of the magazines haven't changed too much but I feel like I have advanced in the way that my Photoshop skills have improved and I now know how to target my audience, I feel like I rushed the preliminary task but took more time with the music magazine. With the way the magazines differ it shows what I have learnt and how I have improved. 

Over all though the change doesn't look drastic from just a look, if you pay attention to the detail you can see how my Photoshop skills have improved also how my knowledge of magazines and audiences and how to attract the intended audience has had more thought involved than in the preliminary task. 

Contents Page:

Just like my front cover looking back and the preliminary task helps to show improvement and how to improve your magazine to make it grow and be exactly how you desire.

The first thing I notice would have to be the colour scheme, similar to the front cover in the preliminary task the colours orange and while play a main factor with some purple, I clearly didn't think about how the colours would be together but in my music magazine I made sure the colours went well together and there were more than just two. After the colours you focus on the images and you  can see how in the preliminary task the images were not taken by me but off of the internet, the amount of images used are the same which I think is a good amount for a contents page. 

The fonts on the original are very basic and dull, there is only two types of fonts used and in the music magazine there are 4 or 5 different ones used, there's also a lot more information on the second one which I think helps with the target audience as it shows that it can offer more to other people. The way the information is set out is pretty dull but easy to read in the music magazine the layout of the information is still basic, as in its in the same place easy to find, but with adding shapes and different colours it at least makes it more fun to look at and makes it look more full and interesting.

Over all I think just like in the front cover this shows the skills learnt and improved in Photoshop and in how to address your audience and achieve your target audience.

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Evaluation: Question Three

Evaluation: Question Two

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

To find a image with a similar pose to my model was quite difficult, but after a while of searching I came across this image of Pixie Lott who is a well known pop artist, though the images are not the same they are similar. For example both artists are using their hands and arms in the shot so it is not just their body, by using their arms they create triangles which keep your eyes focused on the artists and not going around the page, both images are mid shots of the artists facing the camera, with their arms up it makes them seem very open and like they are an open book and are not hiding things from their fans, the posture also makes them seem very relaxed.

Keeping the artists at eye level helps with the audience to connect with the artists. The lighting of the images are not the same, this is due to the fact that the image of Lott was probably shot in a studio whereas mine was shot in a basement, I think that with different lighting it helps you understand, for example with the basement lighting the artist is seen but not exposed completely to the audience which keeps a bit of mystery behind the artist and does not fully reveal who they are inside, this also helps with the artist having said he is just a normal guy, it helps him seem more down to earth because he doesn't need a big studio to have a photo shoot he can do it anywhere, this helps with the down to earth as some artists are very demanding and refuse such things.

The costume in both images are very different, the gender of the artists play a big part in this as Lott is wearing a dress, my artist is wearing a shirt and jumper, this make him seem quite simple and gives him a smart look, the way he is dressed could relate to his fans as its not posh or too out there, its very down to earth and simple which means his fans could also look like that is they wished to. This helps with showing what genre the magazine is because it makes it seem mature which is what the magazine is, a mature pop magazine. The hair also play a big factor in the image as in the image with Lott her hair is a bright blonde and down, also with the position of her arms and hands, which is holding her hair it almost makes her look confused, whereas in the magazine to the left the hair is dark which also adds to the mystery of the artist but also helps make his features stand out bringing emphasis to his face.

Evaluation: Question One

Changes To The Magazine

After receiving my feed back I went back to my magazine and changed a few things to make it better.

On my double page spread I made the gaps between the columns bigger so it defined the separate columns better, I also added photo crediting my final step was adding the "available on Itunes" box and the text "Limitless".

On my contents page not a lot of stuff changed either, but after my feed back I wanted to make it the best it could be. I used my Instagram account to upload my photos used to make it seem more realistic and then I screen shot them using my phone. I also like my double page spread added photo crediting and changed what it said underneath the pictures to "Darnells mystery girl revealed" to make it more interesting.

My front cover was the biggest change, I changed the image and the size as it was not the correct size for A4, I created a new canvas and put my new image on that and then moved the things from my previous front cover to the new one, resizing and changing the colours as I went along. 

Update

After receiving feedback from my teacher, I have realised numerous things need doing, so instead of dong an weekly plan I have chose to make a list of everything that needs doing and checking to have my magazine and blog up to a near perfect standard and done on time. I will be updating on which things have been done and completed and will show the changes if there is any and then carry on working on the list as such:

1.  Spell check my double page spread story 
2. Change the posts with multiple images into a gif 
3. Upload feedback on my drafts 
4. Include more technology; Poll Junkie, Slide Share
5. List of props
6. Add photo crediting to images taken by me
7. Enlarge the columns on my double page spread 
8. Make the font on the front cover larger and add another colour
9. Re shoot my front cover image 
10. Add messages near photos
11. Include website name on double page spread and contents  

Weekly Plan

As I not done a weekly plan since I started my magazine, I decided to do one as an update after I have completed the magazine to show what my next stages are.
In the week coming up I will send my magazine to people to receive feed back on what I can do to improve the magazine and to see what people like most. I will more or less send my images via Facebook or text message. After receiving the feedback I will change what people think needs changing to fit my audience needs.

Music Magazine

Double Page Spread Process

Double Page Spread Process 6

This step I decided to add the same arrow I had on the contents page and simply opened it up dragged it to the double page spread and then filled it in black, I then also added a website name by making a text box the text was size 10 and I used stroke at size 1 to make it stand out a little more the text was "Century". For my final step I added a text box to add the artists name and typed "Darnell" I used the font "30 days ago think brk" at size 97pt.

Double Page Spread Process 5

This step was pretty straight forward I added the last of my text and then created a rectangle and made it blue and then I added a text box and typed in "Page 22" and then I duplicated it and changed the text to "Page 23".

Double Page Spread Process 4

This step was the same as the previous stage, but I made a space half way down in my text to add a quote, the text is all the same but the quote is size 25 but "time" is 25. I made this stand out more as most magazines with interview have a q

Double Page Spread Process 3

This step was simply filling up of the page, I had my interview already written I just used copy and paste to add a section of the interview, I then changed the colour of the text of the interviewer and made it a dark blue and then because the text did not go round the image, I used the tab button and space to move the text over so it went round the shoulder and arm of the model. I also made the "D" a little bigger, around size 20 pt while the rest was in 12pt all of the text was "Plantagenet Cherokee" 

Double Page Spread Process 2

In this step, I wanted to add a quote for the main interview, I used the text "Retrohand" at size 80pt, I then I changed the colour on "normal" to white and then added boxes underneath using using the rectangle tool and changing the colour to the one under normal.

Double Page Spread Changes

I decided not to use the original plan I had for the double page spreads as when I took my picture I couldn't do my original plan and due to the fact in one of my mock ups I didn't think about the image I was left with one so I'll stick to it to some degree but the text may be different.

Double Page Spread Process 1

This is the first stage, I opened up and a3 sized paper then opened up my image and dragged it across and sized it up with the canvas.